The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-10-12
Ex-MINIsTEK cox ON TURKEY.
n Turkish Salanm--Turkish IIabits--Turk
ish ome &c Sc.

a Turkish saIanm-Turkish IIabIts-Turls
ish Women, sc &c.
The Hon. S. S. Cox's lee turo, COB
%servations upon Turkey" says the New
York Sun of October g., formed the prin
cipal part of the entertainment given b,
the Steckler Association ut the Windsor
Theatre last night. Three policemen
stood at tho entrance, and declared il
was impossible for another man to get
inside. "
Judge Alfred Stecklcr had hardly fin.
lshed his brief Introduction of Mr.. Co,
when the audience fixed itself for al
hours laughter, and it refused to put
itself into any other attitude toward til,
distinguished lecturer, in spite of the
evident fact that he sometimes tried &c
be serious. Mr.. Cox began by making 9
Turkish salaam as the most fitting way
to express his recognition Of the honors
about to be heapcd upon him. lie first
tried to touch his boot toe without bend.
ing his knees, then placed his hand on
what he said was his heart, stuck his
finger in his mouth, scratched bis head,
and concluded with n sweeping dancing
masters bow. The audience didn't care
whether all this was good Turkish or
not; 1T was funny, and they laughed.
Tho Turks always begin the day with
sunset. said Mr.. Cox, and everybody
laughed again. "My mother-in-law
used to tell me that tho Puritans began
their Sunday Mt sunset Saturday, and L
never vent back on Sunset when |
could help it"
MIR, Cox referred to his trip in the
Soudan under the guidance Of the Sui
tan's commissioner: est may seem n
strange thing for a man to go to Turkey
with only u wife, but, az the man said
who had luis head cut oil, it was tho only
one L had. Tho Sultan has lSI wives,
and he has to have their names put on
the doors Of their rooms. For my part
L have always found one Just about as
much as l IAN manage. When [ met the
khedivo he said:
"'Your Exccllcncy, how is it your
country has grown SO fast in popula-
tion?'
1.-The attractive forces OF our immi-
grafton laws and of our Constitution |
answered.
"'Bnt have you got any Of my people
over thcrc?'
con, yes, we have two. shipped
them yesterday from Alexandria. They
arc mummies.'
",NNcll, it's all ri2ht. They couldn't
be o! much mere use 10 me, anyhow
81 am perhaps the only man i'll Amer
lca who has V G shaken hands with the
Pharaoh of Scripture. He was a little
dusty, but | shook hands with him. NV
wonder Is not SO much that he was able
to WIZ Immortality, but that he vas ablo
to preserve his characterization.
"Ihc great fight Of the century will
not beabout Bulgaria or Roumclin, but
will take place iii A~fghanistan, between
the land animal Russia and the sea ami
NAL Great Britain. Some of those pres
ent VIII live to see it."
IhC Climax of tho lecturers e%louuence
was reached when he began to describe
the Caucasian women VINO rcplenish tho
harems OF Constantinople.
''Ihcy appear on thc streets rs women
do III New York, but the eycs-the eyes!
such eyes as L never saw elsewhere.
These women belong to the stock from
which our ancestors sprung. They are
beautiful, wonderful woman, compact in
form, noble OF mcln, graceful in move
ment, and musical in speech. The
Turkish race will be roplenished from
Caucasla time and again.
"On the bridge between Scutari and
SOhc'"INAEOplC SCNCnly-JWO nations are
represented in the passcrs to and fro,
different in costume, language and man
ners. How does the Sultan harmonizo
these diverse nations? The secret of
government is the same that was OBJ
served III the ancient empires Of Greece
and Rome-it is home rule-the system
of tribal relations which has prevailed
from the days of Abraham. Each tribe
has its head, and its own system of taxa
ton, and this plan prevails from the
Euphrates to the Adriatic. Crete has it's
legislature. 1t is this system which
has kept the Turkish Empire together
so long, III spite OF its many enemies"
Mr.. Cox gave some specimens of Turk
ish humor, and mentioned the fact that
more would be found in a certain book
about to be published. In conclusion he
said that he hoped the day was far dis
tant when the amiable, just, honest and
yigilant Sultan should lose his hold upon
the Orient.